14 Amendments of Astrid LULLING related to 2011/2114(INI)
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas improved sewage systems on farms and in rural areas, as well as composting of slurry have an important potential as nutrient and energy sources, subject to thorough investigation of their possible usage, adequate treatment of potentially harmful substances and strict controlsfermentation of slurry is desirable in terms of plant cultivation and the environment;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas crop rotation should be included in ‘greening’ measures as part of CAP reform with regard to its significant contribution to climate change mitigation and the potential for reducing the use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses in particular the need forAcknowledges that a European Food Prices Monitoring Tool which would deliver better transparency on input price development and allow farmgate prices to be linked to production costs is a good idea in principle; points out, however, that a similar system already in use in Italy has been unable to attain any of its worthy objectives;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission and the Member States to make sure that public support measures for biomass and agro-fuels – including biogas – do not contribute to unsustainable competition for resources between food and energy production, which must be organised sustainably, and do not provoke further increases in input costs and land rent;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Repeats its call to include crop rotation and crop diversity in an EU-wide list of ‘greening’ measures to bereceive additional rewardeds within the CAP, given the positive effect the former have on climate change mitigation, soil and water quality and farmers’ finances (with significantly reduced use of fertilisers, soil improvers, plant protection products and pesticides which will reduce input costs for farmers);
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Repeats its call to include crop rotation and crop diversity (within a range of specified crops, including legumes in particular) in an EU-wide list of ‘greening’ measures to be rewarded within the CAP, given the positive effect the former have on climate change mitigation, soil and water quality and farmers’ finances (with significantly reduced use of fertilisers, soil improvers, plant protection products and pesticides which will reduce input costs for farmers);
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage – subject to thorough investigation of their possible usage, adequate treatment of potentially harmful substances and strict controls – the recycling of nutrients from waste streams, especially liquid manure, organic waste and local sewage systems, which can help reduce input costs for fertilisers and which recapture nitrogen and phosphate(especially phosphate and nitrogen) from waste streams and, in particular, recycling waste as part of a cascade process after using it to produce thermal energy;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Repeats its calls for the Commission to swiftly submit to Parliament and the Council a report on the possibilities and options for increasing domestic protein crop production in the EU by means of new policy instruments based on those used in third countries that supply proteins, thereby reducing the EU’s dependence on protein imports and the external input of mineral fertilisers and pesticides, and examining the potential effect of these options on farmers’ revenues;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls in particular on the Commission to propose, in the withdrawal of restrictcontext of the forthcoming revisions on the use of farm saved seed as laid down in Article 14(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights, in the context of the forthcoming revision of this regulation;f Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights, that the obligations laid down in Article 14(1) and (2) thereof, which are an indispensable means of funding progress in the field of agricultural production, are also practicable, as it is only on this basis that the predominance of small- and medium-scale farming in the European agricultural sector can be maintained,
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls, in the light of the upcoming Rio+20 global conference, for a new EU initiative on the conservation, sustainable use and quality marketing of agro- biodiversity, in order to reduce seed purchase costs and increase added value from farming;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls upon the Commission to work, as part of the CAP reform andin the context of the Water Framework Directive, towards better irrigation and water storage systems for agriculture, to include both improving water storage capacities in soils and water harvesting in dry areas, as a way of reducing the use of fresh water and also as a precaution against changes in rainfall patterns due to climate change;